Brush-holder.



No. 65!,028. Patented June 5, I900.

W. A. DRYDEN, Sn.

BRUSH HOLDER (Application filed Jan. 1Q, 1900.)

(No Model.)

I :as cu, PnoYaLmmW wgsmucron u c NITED STATES IVILLIAM A. DRYDEN, SR.,OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE .PALMETTO FIBRE COMPANY, OF SAMEPLACE.

BRUSH-HOLDER.

srncrricnrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,028, dated June 5,1900'. Application filed January 10, 1900. Serial No. 96D. (N0 model.)

bing-Brush, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to scrubbing-brush es,

and has for its object to provide an improved I connection forapplying'a handle to a scrub hing-brush so that the brush may beconveniently adjusted laterally with respect to the handle and thelatter mayassume various vertical inclinations upon the brush in.

order that the latter may be accommodated for use upon floors and Wallsand to facilitate the introduction of the brush into corners and beneatharticles of furniture and the like. It is also designed to provide anattachment which may be applied to any ordinary form of scrubbing-brushso as to connect thereto an ordinary straight handle and withoutchanging or altering the construction of said parts.

With these and other, objects in view the present invention consists inthe'combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the appended claims without departing from the spiritorsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a scrubbing-brushprovided with the improved handle connection. Fig. 2 is a 1011-gitudinal sectional view thereof, showing the connection in a differentposition. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail perspective views of the individualmembers of the present invention.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings aredesignated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the back'of thebrush, preferably formed of wood and having any preferred shape. Thebristles 2 are connected to the under side of the back by insertion insuitable perforations formed in the back or in any other desired manner.v

Extending centrally through the back 1 is an opening or perforation 3for the reception of a bolt 4:, having its head fitting against theunder side of the back and provided with suitable wings 6 or'an angularportion to prevent accidental axial movement of the bolt. The upperthreaded portion of the bolt projects a suitable distance above theupper side of the back, and fitted to this end of the bolt is a metallicplate or washer 7, having a central perforation 8 for the reception ofthe bolt and also having a fiat under side, so as to fit firmly againstthe back of the brush. The central portion of this plate or washer isthickened or enlarged and provided in the upper side thereof with arounded groove to form a dished seat or socket 9, having longitudinalcorrugations or serrations' Located above the plate or washer 7 is ahandle-socket 10, which is open at its outer or rear end, so as toreceive a suitable handle 10 and projecting at the forward end of thesocket is a laterally-enlarged foot 11, which is bowed downwardly andhas its outer and under convex side provided with longitudinalcorrugations or serrations,which are disposed transversely of thesocket. This foot is provided with a central opening or perforation 13for the reception of the upper end of the bolt or stem 4, so that theconvex under side of the foot 11 may be received within the seat orsocket of the plate or washer 7 Fitted to the outer extremity of thebolt and bearing upon the upper side of the foot 11 is a suitablethumb-Hutu, whereby the handle-socket may be secured to the plate orwasher 7 and both parts firmly clamped against the upper side of theback of the brush. By loosening the thumb-nut 14 the foot of thehandle-socket may be adjusted within the dished seat of the plate orWasher '7, so as to vary the vertical inclination of the handle, and thefoot 11 is provided with the elongated opening 13, so as to permit ofthe rocking movement of the foot. In Fig. 1 of the drawings thehandle-socket 10 is located transversely of the brush, and to adjust thehandle-socket longitudinally thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, the

thumb-nut 14 is loosened, so that the socket and the plate or washer 7may be turned concentrically upon the bolt 4, as will be understood.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that no change oralteration in the brush is required for the application of the presenthandle connection, as it merely requires the formation of an openingthrough the back 1 for the reception of the bolt or stem 4.

Although the present device has been shown and described as applied to ascrubbing-brush, yet it will be understood that it is not limited tosuch an application, as it may be used for mops, window-cleaningdevices, sandpaper-blocks for finishing floors, and other such devicesor tools wherein it is desirable that with that of the handle member,and a bolt carried by the tool-head, extending through the registeringopenings of the tool and handle members, and engaged by a clampingnutwhich bears upon and secures the handle member in its adjusted positionswith relation to the head member, the handle and head members beingrevolubly movable, relatively to the tool-head, around said bolt as acenter.

2. An adjustable handle connection, comprising a bolt, a plate or Washerhaving an opening loosely receiving the bolt, and also provided in itsupper face with a concaved or dished seat intersecting the opening, andhaving corrugations or serrations, a handle socket or ferrule, having abowed foot provided with an elongated opening loosely receiving thebolt, the convexed side of the foot having corrugations or serrationsand adj ustably fitting the concaved or dished seat of the plate orwasher, and a thumb-nut carried by the bolt and bearing against theouter side of the foot.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in' the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. DRYDEN, SR.

VVi-tnesses:

R. A. WILLETT, F. ARMBRUSTER.

